Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Hawkesbury Hospital
Half of patients at Hawkesbury Hospital waited 66 days or less for carpal tunnel surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Carpal tunnel release". This public hospital is in the Windsor area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 66 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 52 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.9%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 160 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 75 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 58 days in 2016–17 to 66 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 1.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkesbury Hospital | 66 days | 1.9% | 52 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 8.9% | 2847 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 5.2% | 9994 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 17 km away: 237 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 253 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 309 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 72 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 29 km away: 282 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 29 km away: 79 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 34 km away: 88 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 158 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hawkesbury Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hawkesbury Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 58 | 78 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 50 | 78 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 36 | 85 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 34 | 91 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 66 | 91 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 72 | 99 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 215 | 104 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 120 | 87 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 66 | 96 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Hawkesbury Hospital · Carpal tunnel surgery across Australia · Carpal tunnel surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales